Darcelle was a big deal around here
They’re talking about renaming a street after her
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In 2008, the couple founded a private museum then known as the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. It has since been renamed the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
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Heck I’m all for renaming Old Town for her.
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I’m surprised there wasn’t a Buzby video game.
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The composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away. Fuck cancer.
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Oh no!
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He was a weirdo of the highest caliber and will be greatly missed
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Two YMO members in nearly as many months. 
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If I’m not mistaken, “Emahoy” is a title, not a name but I guess in that context it works either way, e.g. “Sister”
P.S. I wondered if the way she trilled(?) the notes was meant to emulate the sound of a krar (lyre).
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Can’t speak to that, but I used to work with Ethiopians and trilling was a part of the singing.
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Oh that’s sad, i love her music. It was used to great effect in the adaptation of Nella Larsen’s Passing.
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Damn.
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Nigel Lawson, Nigella Lawson’s father and Thatcherite bastard.
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Ding dong, the witch’s monkey is dead?
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I’m sure there will be a few family members and friends who will miss him but I’m among the millions who definitely won’t.
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Ululation?
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